''Ophioarachnicola'' is a
genus of parasitic
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Eulimidae.
[Bouchet, P. (2014). Ophioarachnicola. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536424 on 2014-12-24]
Species
* ''
Ophioarachnicola biformis''
Warén, 1980
References
* Warén A. (1980) ''Descriptions of new taxa of Eulimidae (Mollusca, Prosobranchia), with notes on some previously described genera.'' Zoologica Scripta 9: 283-306.
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Eulimidae
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